A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 34 Do you want to be a mother or a vampire?
"Deadpool?" Asou murmured, recalling the name of the monster he was hearing for the first time. "That kind of monster is called Deadpool?"

She picked up the binoculars again and looked. Just as Xu Lie had said, the monster that had been fighting frantically was now lying on the ground, motionless.

Of the original three humans, two had fallen to the ground, leaving only the last one. He was hurriedly making a phone call, saying something unknown. Makoto Aso guessed that he was calling an ambulance.

Putting down his binoculars, Makoto Aso was momentarily speechless. Beneath the surface of their seemingly peaceful daily lives, such a terrifying monster was lurking within society.

There are also hidden warriors who specialize in hunting these monsters.

So what about Xu Lie? Is he also a monster-hunting warrior? After all, Xu Lie said that he had just left for a short while to kill a servant.

"So..." Asou Makoto unconsciously placed his right hand on his chest: "Xu Lie, the church you mentioned, is it the mysterious organization that protects people and fights monsters?"

“No, quite the opposite.” Xu Lie gave a completely unexpected answer: “Instead, our church should advocate for the protection of these monsters.”

Aso was completely bewildered. She couldn't tell if Xu Lie was joking. They had just killed a monster, and now he was talking about protecting her?
Did they really think they could fool her like a three-year-old?
But if you're lying, there's no need to look so serious.

"Sit down." Xu Lie knew that Aso Makoto was in a state of turmoil, so he took the lead and sat back down on the picnic blanket, pouring two glasses of craft beer: "Want to have some to calm down?"

Aso Makoto originally wanted to say that she couldn't drink alcohol because she was under the legal age, but so much had happened that day that she didn't insist and drank most of it.

The slightly malty aroma of the liquor had a mysterious, relaxing effect on Aso Makoto, calming him down a bit.

Xu Lie also started drinking and making up stories: "A long, long time ago, when the planet was still a wild wasteland, the Nine Great Ancients appeared..."

Xu Lie crafted this story with ease, starting from the old days when the house was moved away, to the birth of the Black King, and then to the Black King creating the White King.

Finally, it is mentioned that when the White King's rebellion failed and he was imprisoned and tortured, he passed on his dragon blood to humans, leaving behind a way to resurrect him.

"Note that this is different from the Black King's descendants, whose bloodlines are stable because they have been passed down through generations."

"The bloodline of the White King is directly contaminated by the royal blood, making it extremely unstable. It is easy for them to degenerate from hybrids into out-of-control, indiscriminately killing dead servants."

"Therefore, among the Snake-Headed Eight Families who inherited the White King's bloodline, there are often hybrids whose bloodlines are dangerous and who are prone to degeneration and loss of control. Such people are called demons."

"The demons that appeared later were unwilling to be monitored, tested, and experimented on by their families every day, so they escaped and gradually gathered together to form the Fierce Demon Clan, an organization that is opposed to the Snake-Headed Eight Families."

Having already drunk two glasses of craft beer and feeling quite relaxed, Makoto Aso couldn't help but interject, "Then why are you protecting Deadpool, Xu-kun?"

"Isn't it said that when bloodlines go out of control and one loses all reason, one is no longer considered human?"

“That was because I wasn’t accurate enough.” Xu Lie refilled their glasses. “What I intend to protect is not Deadpool, but the ghosts in the Ghost Clan whose bloodlines are at risk of going out of control, yet who still have a bottom line.”

"Because they are on the verge of losing control, like drowning people about to fall into an abyss, if you can pull them out at this time, they will surely offer their gratitude and faith."

"Of course, those who enjoy being out of control and killing for fun are not included. What the church wants are devout believers, not scum who commit evil."

Xu Lie was actively looking for a place to dig with his hoe. Besides the corner of the Kassel College, he was also thinking of digging into the corner of the Ghost Clan's wall.

The old church cannot succeed without a gathering of geniuses; it also needs many devout believers.

Aso Makoto drank his third cup, feeling as if he had just heard a very long story: "So, what does this have to do with me?"

Although she already knew that there was a past world and that there was a present world with humans and dragons, it didn't seem to have any connection to her.

Why did Xu Lie seek her out and invite her to join the old church?
"Because I find Ms. Aso very healing."

"?" Asou Makoto was slightly taken aback. What was this person saying? She's very healing?
From childhood to adulthood, no one has ever praised Makoto Aso like this. Her divorced parents saw her as a burden, and her classmates would at most ask her to help with their homework, but that can't be considered healing, can it?
Xu Lie continued, "As I mentioned before, many paths were left behind in the past, some of which can cure high-risk hybrids on the verge of going out of control." "And two of them are very suitable for Ms. Aso."

To put it more leniently, the loss of control in the Mysterious system is similar to the hybrids in the Dragon system falling into the form of Deadpools.

It's all about the decline of humanity, with madness taking over.

Such a loss of control can be resolved in several ways at a lower level, such as by comforting the audience, using the pharmacist's potion, or by the doctor's soul healing.

Aso Makoto finally understood what Xu Lie meant. She seemed to see an incredibly mysterious and magnificent world extending an invitation to her.

If she agrees right now, she can join and become a member of the mysterious world.

But, should I really agree?

Aso had a premonition that she had reached the most crucial crossroads in her life, with fate presenting her with two choices.

Furthermore, it is mysterious and magnificent, a spectacle that could never have been witnessed before;

Taking a step back, the smoke clears, and everything returns to normal. She is still Aso Makoto, who worries day and night about what job to take and how much money to save to go to university.

After a brief comparison, Aso Makoto laughed out loud for the first time: "Pfft."

What an idiot! Even in this situation, do you still need to think?

Aso Makoto, who started working part-time at a convenience store in her first year of high school, knows all too well the difficulties of ordinary life.

Even if the mysterious world is more dangerous, at least the hope that can be seen is greater than the hope of working day after day, right?

She raised her head, revealing her well-proportioned neck, and downed her third glass of wine in one gulp: "Phew! I'm in!"

Xu Lie was very satisfied. Aso Shin was the bishop he had chosen for the Tokyo diocese: "There are two paths that suit you: mother or vampire. Which one do you subjectively prefer?"

"???" Asou Makoto immediately regretted it. She seemed to have agreed too hastily and should have asked for clarification before replying!

A mother and a vampire? What kind of nonsense is this? Why would the godlike ancient times leave behind such a path?
"Well, that..." Aso seemed quite resistant. "It's just one of these two options? Subjectively, I prefer the other path."

“These are the two paths that best suit you.” Xu Lie repeated, indicating that you could only choose one: “Let me give you a brief introduction.”

"Actually, the two paths correspond to plants and animals respectively. It's not like what you think. The former is more like Mother Nature, cultivating plants and hybridizing organisms. Its combat power is somewhat weak in the early and mid-stages."

"The latter is proficient in pharmaceuticals and skilled at dealing with animals, but he can turn into a vampire. Of course, whether he harms others after the transformation depends entirely on himself. His combat power can be said to be one of the strongest in the early stages of all paths."

Aso Makoto held her head in her hands, torn between choosing which option to pick.

Is she going to become a mother at such a young age, while still in her second year of high school? Or has she turned into a vampire?

Suddenly, Aso remembered the battle at the small park across the river. The mysterious world contained monsters like Deadpool and even dragons.

Putting aside other things, at least in many stories, vampires are first-rate at saving their lives, right?

And you know what? In the Dragon Raja timeline, the period from 00 to 12 was exactly the time when vampire culture was quite popular, and even many Japanese anime featured vampire themes.

After gritting his teeth, Asou Makoto finally made his decision: "Then... I'll be a vampire!"

(End of this chapter)